Top 100 women: sport and adventure + Serena Williams | The Guardianhttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/series/top-100-women-sport-adventure+serena-williams
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Venus Williams | Top 100 womenhttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/mar/08/venus-williams-100-women
First black woman tennis player to be world number one in the modern era<p>One half of the most famous pair of sisters in the sporting world, Venus Williams rose from poverty to break open the world of women's tennis. That the sisters are inspirational is without doubt; the question is how to choose which one inspires most.</p><p>Brought up in the tough LA suburb of Compton, both smashed through a staggering amount of obstacles – the poverty they were born into and racism in tennis, not to mention the shooting of their sister in a gangland murder.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/mar/08/venus-williams-100-women">Continue reading...</a>WomenSportLife and styleVenus WilliamsSerena WilliamsTennisTue, 08 Mar 2011 00:05:57 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/mar/08/venus-williams-100-womenManabu Ogasawara/ Manabu Ogasawara/CorbisVenus Williams, took women's tennis to a new level. Photograph: Manabu Ogasawara/ Manabu Ogasawara/CorbisManabu Ogasawara/ Manabu Ogasawara/CorbisVenus Williams, took women's tennis to a new level. Photograph: Manabu Ogasawara/ Manabu Ogasawara/CorbisHoma Khaleeli2011-03-08T00:05:57Z